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Social Problems, Prof. Hart Test 2
Social Problems
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
10/16/2011

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Addiction
Definition
a physical or psychological craving for a drug
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Codependency
Definition
behavior on the part of the other that helps a substance abuser continue the abuse
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Community policy
Definition
makes police more visible to the public by moving some police offices from cars to riding bicycles or patrolling on foot
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Control theory
Definition
what discourages people from committing crime is having strong social ties, being well integrated with the community
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Decriminalization
Definition
removing the current criminal penalties that punish the manufacturing, sale, and personal use of drugs
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Defensive medicine
Definition
A strategy of doctors who worry about being sued may order unnecessary tests and procedures just to protect themselves
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Dependency
Definition
a state in which a person's body has adjusted to the regular use of a drug
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Deinstitutionalization
Definition
the release of people from mental hospitals into local communities
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Disability
Definition
a physical or mental condition that limits everyday activities
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Due process
Definition
the criminal justice system must operate within the bounds of law
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Hate crime
Definition
a criminal offense against a person, property, or society movitated by the offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or national origin
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Homophobia
Definition
an aversion to or hostility toward people thought to be gar, lersbian, or bisexual
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Interdiction
Definition
stopping the movement of drugs across this country's borders
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Labelng theory
Definition
the idea that crime and all other forms of rule breakong result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions
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Law
Definition
a norm formally created through a society's political system
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Norms
Definition
rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members
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Parole
Definition
a policy of releasing inmates from prison to serve the rest of their sentence under supervision in the local community
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Probation
Definition
a policy of letting a convicted offender stay in the community with regular supervision and under conditions imposed by a court
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Criminal recidivism
Definition
later offenses by people previously convicted of crimes
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Social epidemiology
Definition
the sudy of how health and disease are distributed throughout a society's population
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Strain theory
Definition
explains why rule breaking takes various forms
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Conformity
Definition
likely when peoople accept society's goals and also have the approves means to get there
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Innovation
Definition
the use of unconventional means to achieve a conventional goal
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Ritualism
Definition
living almost obsessively by the rules
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Retreatism
Definition
turning away from both approved goals and legitimate means
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Rebellion
Definition
involves not jsut rejecting conventional goals and means but also advocating some new system
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Withdrawal symptoms
Definition
suffering physical distress when stopping the use of drugs
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